Heavy Rain Upper Hunter Benefits MUSWELLBROOK
The boat rainfall this year was experienced here yesterday, and it continued to fall heavily all night. Up the 9 a.m. to-day 153 points had…
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Floods & storms, 1923
198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 10
Big Floods
In order to prevent their homes from being washed away by floods at Frederickton (New Brunswick), people a few weeks ago were chaining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Too Much Water Heavy Rain Causes Floods Damage in Suburbs Houses, Gardens and Streets Inundated
The torrential rain which fell last night and this morning wreaked much damage in some of Newcastle's suburbs. A large area of land was inundated, and the water entered many houses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in America
It is reported from St. Paul, Minnesota, that tornadoes and rain storms are sweeping the central north-west Twenty-persons have been killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale on the Coast. Newcastle Storm Swept. Over 50 Miles an Hour
During the early hours of yesterday the unsettled conditions which had prevailed along the coast north and south of Newcastle for 24 hours took definite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney in Sunshine Cyclone Blowing Out SYDNEY
The storm has cone and once more Sydney is a city of sunshine. Last Light there were [?]odle bursts of rain, the worst full, at about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain and Storm American Weather Following Heat Wave VANCOUVER
The heat wave which has oppressed Chicago for eight days has broken and has been succeeded by rain and storms in the middle States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Not Much Damage Storm in the Suburbs Wallsend Pitfall Low Lands Inundated
Comparatively little damage was done by the storm in the suburbs of Newcastle. The most serious was that of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mountainous Waves. Steamer's Terrible Battle "Crew Lucky to be Safe" Ngatoro's Thrilling Time During Cyclone Sydney
So serious did the position of the strainer Ngatoro become during yesterday's gale that the vessel was tarred to seek the shelter of Sydney Harbor. Members of the crew consider themselves fortunato to be safe. They declare that the vessel hit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale Subsides
Yesterday's reports showed the violent gale, which struck the coast on Monday night, was subsiding. The sea was now going down, but no vessels…
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The storm has passed. A few more showers may fall, but the gale has spent its force. The sea is calmer. The huge waves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Drainage Pushing on the Work
Messrs. J. M. Baddeley and H. Connell, M's.L.A. Informed Hamilton Council last night that they would do their best to assist in pushing on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Damage Havoc on Manning River TAREE
The gale at Manning Heads this week was reminiscent of the gale two years ago, when the Fitzroy was wrecked. In the morning the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Water Famine Next Summer Plenty of Liquid for Newcastle Heavy Rain Removes Fear of Shortage
The recent heavy rains have removed the fear of a water famine in Newcastle during the coming summer. It is anticipated that when the hot weather sets in again there will be no need for restrictions on the use of water for gardens and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the Storm S.S. Sumatra Founders. Sydney
The cyclonic disturbance which raged along the coast of New South Wales during the early part of the week has caused the loss of the yacht Sumatra, with loss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Why Not a Wireless Station? Lessons of Recent Gales Newcastle Shipping Handicap Endless Delays and Danger to Life
The need for a wireless station at Newcastle, to all requests for which the Federal Government has returned what amounts to a direct refusal, has been further emphasised by events during the recent heavy weather, including the loss of the Sumatra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hot Water Flood Five Lives Lost Torpedo Boat Disaster VANCOUVER
It is reported from New York that during test practice in dring torpedoes, are gives were lost aboard a United States destroyer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Week's Gale
This remarkable picture shows a Tasmanian trader in the heavy weather of last week. It was into such a sea that the well-loaded little Sumatra ailed with all the braveness and confidence of the world, and it was into such a sea that she disappeared. What chance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Australian Floods
Torrential rain fell in the upper north and the hills districts last week-end, and caused further floods. Among the gaugings were Melrose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Feared Wagga
The Murrumbidgee River is in a dangerous condition owing to the continuous rains over a large area which drains into the Murrumbidgee…
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